Wed.Sep 05, 2018

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The Top Pain Point in the Healthcare Consumer Experience is Money

Health Populi

Beyond the physical and emotional pain that people experience when they become a patient, in the U.S. that person becomes a consumer bearing expenses and financial pain, as well. 98% of Americans rank paying their medical bills is an important pain point in their patient journey, according to Embracing consumerism: Driving customer engagement in the healthcare financial journey , from Experian Health.

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Industry Trends Demand New Approaches To Healthcare Facilities and Real Estate

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Richard Taylor, executive managing director, JLL Healthcare Solutions. Healthcare delivery is being transformed as we speak, from technological breakthroughs and regulatory change to changing patient demographics and consumer expectations. As the healthcare landscape evolves, forward-looking healthcare providers are seeing their real estate in a new light.

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What happens when an Algorithm labels you as mentally ill?

Lloyd Price

While you might think that your mental health is known only to you, your health practitioner or those closest to you, you might be unwittingly revealing it to strangers online. A series of emojis, words, actions or even inactions can communicate how you feel at a given moment and when collected over time, comprise your “socionome” — a digital catalogue of your mental health that is similar to how your genome can provide a picture of your physical health.

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Focus on innovation: 3 charts explain where healthcare is headed

Mobi Health News

New HIMSS Media research spotlights what innovations are needed most, top areas hospitals are prioritizing and sticking points to avoid.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Health IT Startup: Ivenix

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Ivenix, Inc., a medical technology company with a vision to eliminate infusion-related patient harm, was founded in 2012 to develop innovative solutions that transform infusion delivery. Designed from the ground up to streamline medication delivery and bring legacy technology into the digital age, the Ivenix Infusion System includes a large-volume infusion pump supported by a […].

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Humana’s CEO says voice recognition will be a focus area for Studio H

FierceHealthIT

Humana's “Studio H” will focus on a mix of old and new, including technology to manage provider workflows, telehealth and bringing voice recognition tools to members in their homes.

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Pediatric vision test GoCheck Kids launches for iPhone

Mobi Health News

The FDA-cleared, HIPAA-compliant app looks to offer pediatricians a lower-cost alternative to purpose-built screening devices.

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Four technology (health and aging) blog posts from August 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Vacations and out of office messages – it must have been August. Some have said that there is no point in attempting a business meeting, even online, for August. Perhaps you were one of the 5 million visitors to Cape Cod, roaming the hillside vineyards in California or attending an antique car auction on the coast of Maine. Having managed to pull off two of those three in the same month, it’s not that crazy.

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Mount Sinai spinoff raises $1.8M, launches enterprise digital therapeutic prescription tool

Mobi Health News

Rx.Health — a Mount Sinai Health System spinoff that has built an app prescription platform for enterprises — has raised $1.8 million in seed funding. According to a statement, the investment will help the company pursue new clients and support the launch of its digital therapeutics and patient engagement tool, Bulk Prescription.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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Hospitals are the ones marking up drug prices, new PhRMA report says

FierceHealthIT

The drug industry continued its campaign to spread the blame for high prescription drug prices with its latest commissioned analysis and ad spots aimed at explaining the role other players in the system have in influencing prices.

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Healthcare innovation solving problems and improving the patient experience

Mobi Health News

In September we’ll focus on innovation to help healthcare systems foster and manage innovative projects and prepare strategies to keep pace in the ever-changing world of information and technology.

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NEJM study says independent physician ACOs saved Medicare more than hospital-integrated ACOs

FierceHealthIT

While physician group ACOs saved Medicare millions, hospital-integrated ACOs cost the program even more than usual, the Harvard-based researchers found.

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Diabetes coaching app Fit4D lands another $4M

Mobi Health News

Fit4D, a New York City-based diabetes management app, announced another round of funding to expand its innovation efforts.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Payment Integrity

Hinduja Global Solutions

How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Payment Integrity. By Krithika Srivats, Vice President, HGS Healthcare Practice Office. This article was published in Becker’s Hospital Review. In 2013, the actress Angelina Jolie published an opinion column in the New York Times that described her decision to undergo a preventive mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA gene, a mutation that can lead to breast cancer.

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Diabetes coaching platform Fit4D lands another $4M

Mobi Health News

Fit4D, a New York City-based diabetes management platform, announced another round of funding to expand its innovation efforts.

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Kavanaugh sidesteps questions on abortion rights, ACA in second day of confirmation hearings

FierceHealthIT

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh avoided drawing a line in the sand on landmark healthcare cases as questioning began in his confirmation hearings.

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Livongo Health to offer Freestyle Libre Pro CGM patch to some users

Mobi Health News

Realtime blood glucose information will allow Livongo's platform to deliver more insights, coaching to people with diabetes.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!

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New healthcare cybersecurity council wants to make HITRUST the standard for assessing third-party risks

FierceHealthIT

A new council of healthcare CISOs will push the industry to adopt HITRUST as a standard certification to manage third-party vendor risk.

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Deloitte, Vineti partner for cloud-based precision medicine platform to speed innovation

Mobi Health News

Deloitte's ConvergeHEALTH will integrate tech with Vineti, the gene therapy initiative co-developed by GE and the Mayo Clinic.

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Mayo Clinic plans to nearly double its campus with $648M expansion in Phoenix

FierceHealthIT

Mayo Clinic officials announced the plan on Wednesday, saying they need to build to keep up with patient demand.

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Livongo Health to offer Freestyle Libre CGM patch to some users

Mobi Health News

Realtime blood glucose information will allow Livongo's platform to deliver more insights, coaching to people with diabetes.

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist

If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.

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Opioids bill still held up in Senate

Morning eHealth

Theranos to dissolve — The new senator from Arizona

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Here's what Walmart says about non-traditional companies moving into healthcare

Mobi Health News

David Hoke, who focuses on healthcare for the retail giant, said he's never seen anyone code empathy.

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Hospital groups renew 340B fight with HHS lawsuit

FierceHealthIT

Several hospital groups, including the American Hospital Association, refiled a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services over cuts to the 340B drug discount program.

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Blockchain being put to work by IBM, Intel, CDC to combat opioid epidemic

Mobi Health News

Add this to blockchain’s growing list of innovative use cases: tracking prescription and population health data.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Montana Health Co-op notches a victory in lawsuit over cost-sharing subsidies

FierceHealthIT

With all eyes on the ACA lawsuit in Texas, a federal judge issued an important victory for insurers over the fate of cost-sharing reduction payments. The DOJ is likely to appeal the decision.

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Theranos set to dissolve, Chinese online pharmacy scores $130M, and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Cricked Health raises $24 million, and NeuroMetrix releases Quell 2.0.

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WSJ: DOJ nearing approval of CVS-Aetna, Cigna-Express Scripts mergers

FierceHealthIT

Federal antitrust regulators are nearing approval for the massive vertical healthcare mergers, which could be approved within the next several weeks, sources told The Wall Street Journal. And WellCare could benefit from Part D divestitures.

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